Sony Computer Entertainment has moved quickly to deny the latest rumours that Intel will be producing the graphics processing unit (GPU) for the PlayStation 4.
The Inquirer published an exclusive report this week, based on conversations with un-named Sony reps at CES, claiming that for the "PS4, XBox3 and Wii2, it looks like Intel is in, Nvidia is out."
Nvidia out, Intel in?
The report continued: "Yeah, Intel won the PS4 GPU, no shock considering how much they needed a console win to get people coding for Larrabee."
"The nice Sony engineering lady at CES told us that Intel essentially bought the win, a theoretically good architecture, no imminent threats of going bust, and not being hated by Sony all contributed too. With a couple of deliverables satisfied, the PS4 GPU belongs to Intel.
"No word if this is going to be the entire architecture, CPU as well, or not. That, from what we are told, is not final yet."
Intel leaning towards x86 for PS3 CPU?
The Inquirer continues to speculate about the PS4's CPU, suggesting that Intel "would seem to be leaning toward x86."
This is all, of course, pure rumour and speculation right now.
TechRadar spoke with a Sony Computer Entertainment Europe rep who told us in no uncertain terms, "it's nonsense, and is quite possibly the best work of fiction I've read, since Lord of the Rings."
So there we go. Let the rumour and speculation about the PS4's CPU and GPU begin!
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craig0r
February 11th
4. comment number 2 fail.
the PS2 would be the PS3's predecessor, since it came BEFORE the PS3. As for sony "already" working on the PS4, do you think that Sony intended the PS3 to be their final console ever? They're not just gonna sit on their hands and wait for MS and Nintendo to put out new systems.
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sgtheadhole
February 6th
3. fail
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tholmewood
February 5th
2. Haha... Intel GPU in PS4 OMG. If they really was drawing up the PS3's predecessor allready I'm sure that would be a sign that the PS3 isn't doing too well. Therefore, it would be suicidal to adopt a GPU produced by Intel who have so far been unable to produce anything outside of whitepapers that can compete with the Big 2.
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usefulidiot316
February 5th
1. So I was reading the article on the Inquirer, and of course Charlie wrote it and there were no links to verify the story and every sentence seemed made up. I looked it up on google, and this was the first link that came up. Looks like I found a site to take the Inquirers place on my bookmarks.
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